Changing monitoring mode setting – HP XP P9500 Storage User Manual

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Changing monitoring mode setting

To change monitoring mode setting:

1.

In the Storage Systems tree on the left pane of the top window, select Pool.

2.

From the Pools table on the right, click the row of the pool with the Smart Tiers setting you
want to change.

To select consecutive rows, highlight all of the rows to be selected and press the Shift key. To
select separate rows, click each row while pressing the Ctrl key.

3.

Click More Actions and select Edit Pools.

The Edit Pools window appears.

4.

Check Monitoring Mode.

5.

From the Monitoring Mode option, select Period Mode or Continuous Mode.

If you want to perform tier relocation using the monitor results from the prior cycle, select
Period Mode. If you want to perform tier relocation weighted to the past period monitoring
result, select Continuous Mode.

6.

Click Finish.

The Confirm window appears.

7.

In the Task Name text box, enter the task name.

You can enter up to 32 ASCII characters and symbols in all, except for \ / : , ; * ? " < > |.
The value "date-window name" is entered by default.

8.

In the Confirm window, click Apply to register the setting in the task.

If the Go to tasks window for status check box is selected, the Tasks window appears.

Changing buffer space for new page assignment setting

To change buffer space for new page assignment setting:

1.

In the Storage Systems tree on the left pane of the top window, select Pool.

2.

From the Pools table on the right, click the row of a pool with the Smart Tiers setting you want
to change.

To select consecutive rows, highlight all of the rows to be selected and press the Shift key. To
select separate rows, click each row while pressing the Ctrl key.

3.

Click More Actions and select Edit Pools.

The Edit Pools window appears.

4.

Select the Buffer Space for New page assignment check box.

5.

In the Buffer Space for New page assignment text box, enter an integer value from 0 to 50
as the percentage (%) to set for each tier.

6.

Click Finish.

The Confirm window appears.

7.

In the Task Name text box, enter the task name.

You can enter up to 32 ASCII characters and symbols in all, except for \ / : , ; * ? " < > |.
The value "date-window name" is entered by default.

8.

In the Confirm window, click Apply to register the setting in the task.

If the Go to tasks window for status check box is selected, the Tasks window appears.

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